omezovat — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confine verb To keep someone or something within certain limits or a restricted space.
- encroach verb to seize, appropriate
- limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
- restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.
- skimp verb To spend or use less of something than is really needed, to save money or effort.
- stint noun A period of time spent doing a particular job or activity.
Senses
omezovat is used for these senses in English:
- confine (transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]
- encroach (intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
- restrict To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
- skimp To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- stint (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
encroach — full definition
- verb to seize, appropriate
- verb To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- verb To advance gradually beyond due limits.